Origins of 'Greater Israel' | Middle East Eye

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Greater Israel. A fringe idea? Conspiracy? The idea of Greater Israel reaches back to the turn of the 20th century, rooted in the early writings of

Theodor Herzl, sharpened by Ze'ev Jabotinsky’s Iron Wall, and carried forward under David Ben-Gurion and the Mapai party.

Today, under Benjamin Netanyahu, disputes over land, settlements, and sovereignty bring these ambitions back into sharp focus, and begs the question, what is Greater Israel?


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Zionism is a political movement that supports the self-determination and homeland for Jewish people in Israel. Zionists advocate for the existence and continuation of Israel, but is used by Israel's settler movement to justify expansion and occupation into internationally recognized Palestinian lands. The 'Greater Israel' project is a frequently contentious, right-wing Zionist project linked to settlement expansion and greater land annexation concepts for a Jewish state. The project may include the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea (including the West Bank and Gaza) to biblical, larger borders stretching from the River Nile to the Euphrates. Jewish, Christian and Muslim Zionists are those Jews, Christians and Muslims who support Israel in its objectives in the 'Greater Israel' project.
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East. Located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest.

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